Springwell School Speech Therapy Assistant
Hello,
Just a quick message to introduce myself and tell you a little bit about what I do in school.
My name is Cheryl. After working in Springwell School for 8 years as a Teaching Assistant, the opportunity for me to train as a Speech Therapy Assistant became available, and I haven't looked back since. That was 9 years ago now.
My role in school is to liaise with parents and carers, teachers, teaching assistants, NHS speech therapists and any other professionals who may be involved with the child.
I currently have many children on my case load. I see children on a 1-1 basis, group therapy and whole class sessions.
These sessions are structured around the assessments which the child's NHS therapist has carried out.
I try to make each session fun and engaging, no matter what my objectives are. This way the children are eager to join in and learn new strategies to help them with their communication and understanding, without realising.
At the moment my sessions include:
* two focused communication groups
* one peer communication group, which two classes participate in
* two sensory groups
* 1-1 therapy
* three ASD communication groups
* communication aid support around school
* Makaton signing support around school
* Lego therapy
* The Listening Programm
* staff training in Makaton, Eye Gaze, Communicate in Print
* make resources for school, as well as for in the home
and more to be added in September.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on the school number 01429 280600
I will always try my best to help.
One afternoon every week I get to spend the afternoon with the amazing pupils and staff in Panda Class and Anaconda Class.
I plan a variety of different exciting activities for the children to take part in which enables them to build their skills in areas such as answering questions/asking questions, problem solving, taking turns, attending to an activity which was chosen by a peer, requesting objects, following instructions and much much more.
WE TALK MAKATON
We try to use Makaton signing as often as we possibly can, as it is a great form of communication.
We signed up to the 'sign of the week' programme which is supplied by the We Talk Makaton charity.
Each week the staff and children will be shown the sign of the week and we all try to use it as much as possible...
Hi my name is Kyra George I have worked at Springwell for over 16 years as a Teaching Assistant. I am a year into my role as Speech and Language Therapy Assistant. I will be working alongside and under the watchful-eye of Cheryl and the NHS Speech Therapists too provide additional support for the children and their families.
We will be participating in; 1 to 1 sessions, small group work and whole class communication groups and hopefully some Makaton singing and signing in the mix to.
I am really excited to see what this year brings as my first year was full of adventures and new challenges alongside COVID.
SIGN OF THE WEEK...
Every Monday The Makaton Charity releases a new sign on their website. Our aim is to learn a new word every week and be inspired to get signing.
******************** NO PENS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2021 ********************
We put down our pens and played some games promoting conversation, debate, interactions, sensory exploration and communication with one another using either our voices, our Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA), symbol exchange and Makaton signing. This year was another brilliant day which was enjoyed by both children and staff.
Cheryl's
***********STAR OF THE WEEK***********